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Re: DC fiber cut: field report

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Fri Jul 18 18:07:14 1997

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:38:06 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US>
Cc: "Dave O'Shea" <doshea@mail.wiltel.net>, stephen@clark.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199707181859.LAA21273@dixon.DeLong.SJ.CA.US>; from Owen DeLong <owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US> on Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 11:59:11AM -0700

On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 11:59:11AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Gee, makes a good case for putting innerduct inside conduit and putting
> gas through it just to discourage BIFF. :-)

Am I the only one who's a cables and switches weenie enough to know
that the telco's _already do this_?  Large numbers of local multi-pair
trunking cables are pressurized with nitrogen, and they put pressure
drop alarms on them, so they know if one takes a hit.

Cheers,
-- jra
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